AFL_ITALIA

MAGISTERIAL
Jun 17, 2011
31,781
> Last day of PI Planning
> my team is discussing an epic we were told to
> POs join and are utterly bewildered, ask why isn't x y z done
> panic ensues, they start berating our BA/Jira guy
> after 45 minutes of that, turns out we have to plan and size like 3 whole epics worth of work
> the rest of us didn't feel any of this pressure to get any of this done at all, it was all entirely out of left field
> apparently BA hasn't written out any of the details for any of these stories
> 4 hours later, we're still refining and rush sizing things to appease people's imaginary deadlines and leave no room for delays of any sort, because Agile

Yeah, no way in hell is this plan going to be accurate. Time to really step up my application submissions.
 

Bjerknes

"Top Economist"
Mar 16, 2004
115,912
> Last day of PI Planning
> my team is discussing an epic we were told to
> POs join and are utterly bewildered, ask why isn't x y z done
> panic ensues, they start berating our BA/Jira guy
> after 45 minutes of that, turns out we have to plan and size like 3 whole epics worth of work
> the rest of us didn't feel any of this pressure to get any of this done at all, it was all entirely out of left field
> apparently BA hasn't written out any of the details for any of these stories
> 4 hours later, we're still refining and rush sizing things to appease people's imaginary deadlines and leave no room for delays of any sort, because Agile

Yeah, no way in hell is this plan going to be accurate. Time to really step up my application submissions.
Sounds like hell. Good luck.

I'm still trying to teach my developers how to update tasks.
 

campionesidd

Senior Member
Mar 16, 2013
16,787
> Last day of PI Planning
> my team is discussing an epic we were told to
> POs join and are utterly bewildered, ask why isn't x y z done
> panic ensues, they start berating our BA/Jira guy
> after 45 minutes of that, turns out we have to plan and size like 3 whole epics worth of work
> the rest of us didn't feel any of this pressure to get any of this done at all, it was all entirely out of left field
> apparently BA hasn't written out any of the details for any of these stories
> 4 hours later, we're still refining and rush sizing things to appease people's imaginary deadlines and leave no room for delays of any sort, because Agile

Yeah, no way in hell is this plan going to be accurate. Time to really step up my application submissions.
@Post Ironic Why you gotta make @AFL_ITALIA ’s life so hard?
 

GordoDeCentral

Diez
Moderator
Apr 14, 2005
70,776
> Last day of PI Planning
> my team is discussing an epic we were told to
> POs join and are utterly bewildered, ask why isn't x y z done
> panic ensues, they start berating our BA/Jira guy
> after 45 minutes of that, turns out we have to plan and size like 3 whole epics worth of work
> the rest of us didn't feel any of this pressure to get any of this done at all, it was all entirely out of left field
> apparently BA hasn't written out any of the details for any of these stories
> 4 hours later, we're still refining and rush sizing things to appease people's imaginary deadlines and leave no room for delays of any sort, because Agile

Yeah, no way in hell is this plan going to be accurate. Time to really step up my application submissions.
How many of the POs are women?
 

Mohad

The Ocean Star
May 20, 2009
6,684
> Last day of PI Planning
> my team is discussing an epic we were told to
> POs join and are utterly bewildered, ask why isn't x y z done
> panic ensues, they start berating our BA/Jira guy
> after 45 minutes of that, turns out we have to plan and size like 3 whole epics worth of work
> the rest of us didn't feel any of this pressure to get any of this done at all, it was all entirely out of left field
> apparently BA hasn't written out any of the details for any of these stories
> 4 hours later, we're still refining and rush sizing things to appease people's imaginary deadlines and leave no room for delays of any sort, because Agile

Yeah, no way in hell is this plan going to be accurate. Time to really step up my application submissions.

Rushed deadlines are a recipe for disaster. Definitely a good call to focus on those job applications. Hope something great comes through soon.
 

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